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Powering Electric Cars: the Race to Mine Lithium in America’s Backyard

The experience of one mining company in rural North Carolina suggests the road ahead will be hard to navigate.

By Aime Williams, The Financial Times

Thacker Pass, in the far northern reaches of Nevada, permits have been approved for a massive lithium mine, drawing protest from the local Indigenous population, ranchers, and environmentalists. Credit: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Here Come the Battery Recyclers

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: Batteries Got Cheaper in 2021. So How Close Are We to EVs That Cost Less than Gasoline Vehicles?

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: Taking Stock of the Energy Storage Boom Happening Right Now

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: In California, the World’s Largest Battery Storage System Gets Even Larger

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: In a Week of Sobering Climate News, Let’s Talk About Batteries

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: The Solar Boom Arrives in Ohio

By Dan Gearino

Stimulus Spurs Battery Manufacturing in America, But Asia Still the One to Beat

By Stacy Feldman

EVs Challenge to Entrepreneurs: Find New Use for Spent Batteries

By Johanna Peace

Electric Energy Storage: Digging the Foundations (Part II)

By L.D. Gussin

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